"I'll just stay with my sister and not run around," Xiao Qi said sensibly.
Only then did the family lead the people towards the old mansion.
Entering the village entrance, they saw the street in front of the old mansion almost full of people. There were two places where the crowd gathered the most, one at the old mansion's entrance and the other further ahead, next to the water well where the mansion usually drew water.
Seeing Lian Manman and the others coming, everyone made way.
The most gathered around the well, and from the crowd came the cries of Lian Duoduo and Lady Chiang. The Lian Manman family passed the mansion entrance and went straight to the well. The crowd automatically parted, and the family went inside.
Once inside the crowd, Lian Shouxin immediately halted and gestured to Lady Zhang, signaling her to keep Lian Manman and Xiao Qi back. Yet Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang stepped forward a few more steps.
